How To Make Extra Money In School: Part 1

The Event Makeup Artist

Most college students don’t have wealthy parents to put them trough school. So how do they all manage financially?
For years extended education was only for those with enough resources to afford it. Now universities are open and popular amongst the masses, but are still way too expensive for the average Joe. The common solution for this problem is to take out loans. But this is still not feasible for the majority of people since they themselves, or their families, don’t have good enough credit to take out a loan. If you have no co-signer, you have no loan. Now there is only one other alternative, work.
There is something touching and admirable about the successful doctor who put herself though medical school working nights as a waitress, or the film maker who worked fulltime at a car wash to pay for film school. Although these stories are testaments to power of strong will and determination there still seems to be an underlying problem. Working so many hours and detracting your focus from your academics just so you can pay for them seems to be undermining your first priority, school. What is the point of working so hard to put yourself through school if you are too frazzled and stretched so thin that you can’t even fully appreciate what the learning environment has to offer?

I am not telling anyone to quit school or stop working, but there is a balance. You can go to school and still work, but since school is the first and most important priority your work should be flexible and cater to your academic schedule. Even though this may seem like a lot to ask it is not impossible, you just have to start thinking differently.